'''Max Schuchart''', MBE ([[August 16]], [[1920]] - [[February 25]], [[2005]]) was a Dutch poet, journalist and translator. He translated many other English authors, such as Oscar Wilde, Terry Goodkind, Richard Adams, Daniel Defoe and Salman Rushdie. Schuchart was the first to translate ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' (in [[1956]]-[[1957]]), and the second to translate ''[[The Hobbit]]''. He wrote a book about his experiences called ''[[Tolkien: In de Ban van zijn Werk]]''.

Schuchart was the first to translate ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' (in [[1956]]-[[1957]]), and the third to translate ''[[The Hobbit]]''. He was also the first to translate ''[[Bilbo's Last Song]]'' and ''[[The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien]]''. He wrote a short booklet called ''[[Tolkien: In de Ban van zijn Werk]]'', about [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]], his works, his visit to The Netherlands in [[1958]] and his involvement with the Dutch translation of ''The Lord of the Rings''.

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Schuchart revised his translation in [[1996]], and this was published [[1997|the subsequent year]].

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Schuchart revised his translation three times, in [[1980]] (incorporating changes made to the [[The Lord of the Rings#Publication History|Second Edition]] of the original and with the [[The Lord of the Rings Appendices|Appendices]] as a separate volume, including C, the complete text of D, E and F I for the first time), in [[1996]] (this was published [[1997|the subsequent year]]) and in [[2003]] (including [[Appendix F]] II for the first time).

Schuchart revised his translation three times, in 1980 (incorporating changes made to the Second Edition of the original and with the Appendices as a separate volume, including C, the complete text of D, E and F I for the first time), in 1996 (this was published the subsequent year) and in 2003 (including Appendix F II for the first time).